In the current recession, more and more people have been losing their jobs and face tough times ahead. The main issue for most people is how to make money once you have been laid off.

Luckily, there are many options for you when it comes to making some immediate money online and there are things you can do that do not involve getting a new job right away.

If you are searching for ways to make money online to support you during your redundancy, just be careful that you are not spending lots of money in order to make money. There are many free and low cost ways to earn extra money onlin without spending any.

Here are a few ideas for making extra money both online and offline:

1. Selling items on eBay is a way to raise extra money. More items are bought and sold on eBay than any other place in the world. You can create a free account and quickly be selling items through auctions on eBay. You can use the Internet to research the proper ways to do this.

2. Advertise items for sale on Craig’s List. This is a free online classified website that gets a huge amount of traffic. This is a great way to sell products in a local market by just including your phone number or email address for people to contact you.

3. In a similar way you could host a garage sale and raise immediate cash. The odds are you have several things in your home right now that you no longer need and you could clear the clutter while at the same time making some extra cash

4. Do you have any spare change lying around? A lot of people throw their change in a jar and are surprised at how much they already have.  You can find change lying around in your home, in your car, in your couch, and so on. To save money avoid using a coin counting machine at a grocery store and go directly to your bank to have it counted.

5. Do some online surveys. There are many companies online willing to pay you some extra cash for completing surveys. You can find some paid survey companies here.

6. Offer a service online. Are you talented at writing? Creating graphics? Or perhaps as a virtual assistant? If so, there are many internet marketers and webmasters who may be willing to pay you for your services.

These are just a few ways that you can make money after you have been laid off or lost your job. Hopefully one or more of these can be helpful to you!